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For the guarantor, does your dad work? Is he a home owner? Sometimes landlords/agencies will ask for a homeowner guarantor.
and yeah!, well.. 150 is the top end of what i would like to pay for rent top up, but im sure i budgeted for it
Also i had a look at this which is awesome! http://simd.scot/2016/#/simd2016/BTTTFTT/11/-4.0189/55.9157/
and kinda reminded me, How about Gartcosh - Stepps - Lenzie as areas? , Stepps - Gartcosh have a direct route to falkirk via train. and i heard good things about gartcosh
Also i've asked the estate agent guys about the flat in larbert, hopefully will hear from them soon!
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I Made this for areas!))
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I'm lessening my grip on edinburgh, tbh it looks like a mEGA crap of hassle, and might scale my searching back to more centrally parts of the country where rent should be a ton cheaper, as long as it's got a rail line it should be okay
Larbert is still an area im really fond of, And will pitch this as one of the bits im looking at mainly
I went to citizens advice today, and they are gonna check up on my benefits to see if im getting the right amount, and the council is going to help me get a support worker to help me through all the stuffs and that with it, But i'd like.. idk i really liked the idea of having a thread to document this all, like.. ELLIES MOVING JOURNEY: a ballad of butts
Lenzie is expensive, there's a good school there and people pay a fortune for a Lenzie postcode to get into the school.
Stepps is handy for Glasgow but possibly not great for Edinburgh. There is a great football area at Glasgow Green if you could switch your activity to there?
Glasgow is an amazing city by the way. I miss Glasgow so much it's unreal.
NOT BUYING IT
(unless it's on offer and can get my loyalty points)
My dad reguarly commutes to glasgow almost once a week for work and home supplies (around the barrowlands)
And glasgow green is a bloddy stunning place, one of my favorite areas to actually relax in, and i find george square a really nice place during the day. glasgow was actually my 2nd choice behind edinburgh.
and ive been looking up glasgow green for football and fitness and it looks ripe
my number 1 Concern with glasgow really is to do with it's crime rates, but i spose if i go for a stepps or gartcosh, i could avoid the areas with high crimerates, as likely if i end up traveling to glasgow it'll be in the area around city centre which will be...? more policed?.
It's actually kind of moved up to being the main choice of area, when i look for steps i notice a few houses coming up im very interested in in an area called millerston, which is around 1-2 miles outside of stepps
I'm gonna get myself a few tickets and go around larbert and stepps/gartcosh cause i want to get a true feeling for the areas?,
At this rate too, I feel like edinburgh has really been well shoved out as an option, it just looks unobtainable apart from pure luck, but maybe later on in the property journey, i guess why im so anal about the areas i move to is i actually intend to live in the area i pick indefinately, rather than like 1-3 years? one and done, though i dont think thats how it maybe works? idk, its how i was brought up where my mum picked one good area and stuck with it when she was raising me and my sister.
Just handy too is that if i have sports in glasgow and art in larbert, stepps/gartcosh is slap in the middle.
Schedule wise i wanna like, have this for starts
MONDAY: Art (4PM - 11PM) (Arrive back at home around 11:30 or later)
Tuesday - Thursday to be filled
Thursday: Maybe art??
Friday/Saturday - Football and Food shopping for the week, and visit dad, Maybe if all piled onto a Saturday where i see my dad in the morning before i head off to football, then after football i go to The shops to get stuff for home then ethier a bus or train home,
In future i hope to add volunteering to maybe friday - sunday, i know possibly the place that might have it if they allow us the garden back >:(, or I might go back to COGC and that'll likely be a monday - wednesday or wednesday - friday, I'm not entirely sure right now i'd just need to settle and fix things
god i hope i dont sound like a leecher that needs a jeremy kyle roasting :<
My sister kind of opposes me moving anywhere but larbert or edinburgh on the grounds that i'd be "running off into the sunset" and being far away from family. Larberts really nice, but i like the convinence that a stepps would offer in being between the places i would want to go, Will wait and see.
The thing about Glasgow is crime rates are high but a lot of the high profile crime is to do with gangs and drugs, if you're not into gangs and drugs you'll be oblivious to it all.
NOT BUYING IT
(unless it's on offer and can get my loyalty points)
So update!, i got a property i'm going for a viewing for in larbert on monday
wish me luck?
Also today i made myself a really nice dinner... for 4.20 lD
(Quorn Chicken nuggets, Sweet and sour sauce, Stir fry vegetables and mushroom, and Egg fried noodles)
The way to think is everything happens for a reason, in this case something so much better is waiting for you and that's why the first one has gone
Please get your name down with the council now, don't wait until you have somewhere.
So i tried working things out with my parents, , but to no avail and now im basically back at square one, gosh im such a noob adult lol xD
But ive actually come to a realisation? i might actually just be fine living in some sort of shared accomidation? like one of those 6 bedroom places people pay a bit of rent in or something, i dont paticuarly need a 24/7 kitchen and livingroom, and mainly just need a bedroom, and i'd love to be the household cook
should i just dump this thread and make a new one or?